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Bfforadori said:Hello Gardeners! I am having an issue with my garden and I was hoping for some advice. I have around 130 tomato plants in my garden and around 70 pepper plants. Last week I was on vacation and I asked my dad to look after the garden. He noticed that I was having a rodent problem so he decided to put tomcat mouse and rat poisoning around the bases of the plants. Would the plants absorb this poison and make the tomatoes and peppers inedible? My wife is pregnant so I am definitely not letting her eat any of it, but I was wondering if anyone had thoughts on if it was safe for others to eat?

Define rodent problem.
With that many plants to have a problem you would have to have herds of rodents running around.
I far fewer tomato plants and and for every five I pick one or two fall off the plant over ripe.
As much poison as it would take for so many plants you will end up with some in the ground and more or less have a tomato, chile and poison patch.
I live close to a swamp and have rabbits, voles, squirrels both regular and flying and found out moles but never have they caused problems once the plants reach a certain size.